It seems history lessons are needed all around

After reading Ms. Ann Woolner’s article, March 21, 2010: “John Adams . . . Terrorist?” I believe it is she, not Liz Cheney, who needs a history lesson.

The Boston Massacre occurred in March of 1770, which was five years before the battles of Lexington and Concord, six years before the Declaration of Independence, and 12 years before Britain recognized our status as a free country. Ms. Woolner should know John Adams was representing his fellow British subjects under common British law, and not foreign enemy combatants.

Liz Cheney is right. The lawyers appointed to top jobs in the Justice Department should be more concerned with apprehending and bringing to justice the Muslim extremist terrorists that killed more than 3,000 American citizens on Sept. 11, 2001.

Mr. Holder is not a patriot; John Adams was. [The writer is a retired lieutenant in the New York City Fire Department.]